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mikeash - 2011-07-15 01:14:27

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:14:27 GMT

Although it has proven impossible to get anything resembling a straight answer out of them, it does indeed appear that Pro Objective-C has been canceled. I highly recommend that everyone disappointed by this news buy a copy of The Complete Friday Q&A instead....

Mark Johnson - 2011-07-14 16:33:30

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:33:30 GMT

Amazon just cancelled my pre-order for pro objective C, so I suppose that means Apress has given up and cancelled it.

Err BTW, as a brit and a poor speller, I wonder if I can even post this comment ;-)

tomhoh - 2010-11-17 02:09:07

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:09:07 GMT

I look forward to you work on iBooks. I read your blogs frequently for the advanced topics. It keeps my knowledge growing.

mikeash - 2010-11-16 17:59:10

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:59:10 GMT

Don't despair, I'm sure Jim Dovey will do an excellent job finishing the book.

I have no particular desire to try another publisher. Even if they do better, I just don't see them as adding enough value to the final product to justify their existence, or the money that they take. Even the good publishers seem stuck in the past, seeing the dead-tree version as the product that they offer, and electronic versions as just add-ons.

I think that writing for this blog, and then self-publishing the result, is the best way to go for me. If you have specific topics that you're interested in, feel free to e-mail them to me. I may not take you up on them, but I'm always happy to have more ideas to pull from. Tell me what your idea of interesting advanced topics is, and I'll probably write about at least some of them.

Tof - 2010-11-16 12:10:20

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:10:20 GMT

I already bought the Alpha version and I patiently waiting for the final version :(

All other books I have not exceed the newbie level. It's like finding a good book for the Core Graphic or Core Text for example it's not easy. Apple documentation doesn't really help. It's often not clear and some time false (thanks for the cut and paste from Mac documentation to iOS). I tried also to ask some technical question on the Apple Developer Forum and most of the time they didn't even answer. Or the answer not really help. They just interested to get information not to give.

If you don't like the condition offer by APress try with an other one.
Ask http://www.pragprog.com/ about theirs conditions for example.
Don't give up because you have a bad experience with one publisher. You have a very good experience on Mac. We need some good advanced books.
I'm tired of reading books that are often a bad plagiarism of Apple documentation.

mikeash - 2010-11-12 01:05:39

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:05:39 GMT

Just to be clear, Pro Objective-C is still coming, but most of it will now be written by Jim Dovey instead of myself.

Scott Steinman - 2010-11-12 00:25:48

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:25:48 GMT

I'm sorry to see the Pro Objective-C book die. I was one of the purchasers and was looking forward to the rest of the book. I hope that at least some of its intended material will wind up in posts on Friday Q&A.

Thanks for this site. I'm still a newbie at Cocoa, but I still like to read more advanced material to expand my knowledge base. Most books stop at only the beginner or intermediate level.

mikeash - 2010-11-09 17:01:47

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:01:47 GMT

Jamie and Dave P: Kindle will probably be my next stop after iBooks. The format is pretty different so I may need to make some adjustments to my conversion process, but I'm hoping that most of the work I've done for iBooks will carry over.

Miguel: I don't know the international situation for iBooks. I will make it available in as many stores as Apple allows, but I don't know how that will work for Colombia. I will investigate the feasibility of selling the ePub, or possibly PDFs, directly over the internet after I get iBooks set, so in the worst case you can wait for that and get it there.

Once I announce the release here, I would appreciate if you could let me know whether you're able to access it from Colombia or not. Being in the US, I often forget that store availability can be limited in other countries, and I'd like to know either way.

Dave P - 2010-11-09 14:50:32

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:50:32 GMT

Another vote for Kindle.

Miguel - 2010-11-09 14:03:37

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:03:37 GMT

Will you release it making sure it's in every country's iBookStore? is it even possible? I am in Colombia and I can't download any paid books from iBookStore, only public domain books... which is rather frustrating... If it's impossible, please consider Kindle, I can buy it there

Jamie - 2010-11-09 12:50:27

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:50:27 GMT

Please consider releasing it on the Kindle store too.

I believe Amazon has a decent system for self publishers and I'd be very happy to tote around a copy of the Q&A on my device.